harps
Won't drop it
Harps is the plural of harp, a large stringed instrument played by plucking with the fingers.
The harp's distinctive triangular frame and ethereal sound make it iconic in classical music and Celtic traditions.
To harp on something means to dwell on it tediously, repeating the same point: She keeps harping on about my mistakes.
This figurative use suggests the monotonous quality of playing the same notes repeatedly.
Thin flexible lines
- pluckingRemoving by tugging
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
- glissandoRapid pitch sweep
- pedalsFoot-operated levers
resonance · lyre · zither · psaltery · kora · lever · soundboard · nylon
Poet of epics
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- OrpheusLegendary Greek musician
- DavidMasculine Hebrew name
minstrel · faerie · enchantment · druid · epic · saga · mythic · folktales
Divinely pleasant or blissful
- celestialOf the sky above
- seraphicAngelically pure and beautiful
- cherubimHebrew plural for certain angels
- divineOf or from gods
ethereal · paradise · blessed · sacred · holy · spiritual · halo · glory
Solo-and-orchestra composition
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
sonata · soloist · virtuoso · composition · accompaniment · cadenza · arrangement · repertoire
strings
Thin flexible lines
pedals · resonance · lyre · zither · psaltery · kora · lever · soundboard · nylon · gut
bard
Poet of epics
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- OrpheusLegendary Greek musician
David · minstrel · faerie · enchantment · druid · epic · saga · mythic · folktales · Aeolian
heavenly
Divinely pleasant or blissful
- celestialOf the sky above
- seraphicAngelically pure and beautiful
- cherubimHebrew plural for certain angels
divine · ethereal · paradise · blessed · sacred · holy · spiritual · halo · glory · transcendent
concerto
Solo-and-orchestra composition
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
chamber · sonata · soloist · virtuoso · composition · accompaniment · cadenza · arrangement · repertoire · score
dwell
Inhabit a place
repeat · belabor · obsess · persist · gripe · badger · pester · reiterate
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, kingdom of heaven, New Jerusalem
- Ren fairejousting, knights, mead, turkey legs, jesters
- Celtic CultureCelts, Celtic cross, Celtic knots, Celtic knot, Celtic music
- Celtic heritageCelts, Celtic languages, Celtic mythology, Celtic art, druids
- musical instruments art collectionspianos, guitars, lutes, harpsichords, cellos
- ancient musiclyre, pan pipes, panpipes, tibia, shofar
harpsdrums
Struck membrane instruments
percussion instruments · guitars · brass instruments · tubas · timpani
harpsjackhammers
Powered tools for breaking pavement
power tools · distorted guitars · drum kits · industrial noise · foghorns
- harp onRepeat tediously, incessantly
- harping onObsessively revisiting one topic
- harped onDiscussed to excess
- Harper Lee
- harp sealsSpotted northern pinnipeds
- Harpers FerryWest Virginia historic town
sharp, sharpen, harp, sharper, sharpness, sharply, sharpening, sharpened, sharpest